We kicked off our trip at the new, renovated Indianapolis airport. It was pretty, but I can't help but wonder if it was strictly necessary to spend quite so much on things like a 4-story atrium and Indiana themed art. Maybe more bathrooms would be a better use of my tax dollars? Here is the rather industrial-looking food court:
Our cruise departed from Seattle. We spent a day there before we got on the ship.
I had never been there before, and it was just beautiful. Plants that are small shrubs in Bloomington turn into TREES in Seattle.
Seattle is a very dog friendly city.
That just made me miss Dharma. We had to take her to Canine Companions for TEN WHOLE DAYS while we were gone. It was really hard to leave her. She is the smallest dog staying there. What if she thought we weren't coming back for her? What if she was lonely? What is the other dogs were mean to her? (Do I sound like Hagrid, worrying about Norbert, the baby dragon?) I admit, I did go look at her on their puppy cam while we were in Alaska. Yes, you can look at your pampered pooch on a live web cam while you are gone. This tells me that there are other puppy parents who are as over-protected as I am.
The best part of Seattle was getting to see our friend from college, Girl in Greenwood. Emilie had seen her for a few hours at the Chicago airport in 1999, but Derek hadn't seen her since we graduated from K-State in 1997. And we had never met her husband. It was wonderful to see our friend, and it felt like we had just seen each other the day before. She gave us a wonderful tour of the city, including the troll under the bridge. Not every city can say they have one of THOSE!
Next post: the ship.
